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From: jab@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Silkwood - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 2-Jan-84 22:41:40 EST
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uokvax!jab    Jan  1 15:31:00 1984

I feel the need to comment on this film. "Silkwood" is well-made, and tries
VERY CAREFULLY to avoid becoming another "China Syndrome". If something wasn't
a fact, it wasn't presented as one. (The best example being the death of Ms.
Silkwood. Nobody KNOWS the circumstances of her death, and the movie didn't
try to show us anything it couldn't back up.)


The film is being heralded as one that depicts the plight of the "working
masses". (Gene and Roger certainly thought so.) I found it hard to view it
that way, probably because I'm from Oklahoma and I found myself continually
distracted by the way that the "little details" were presented. (In essence,
it makes Oklahoma look like a subculture left over from the 1920's. It isn't.
(It's left over from the 1950's, let's get it straight.))

I was quite pleased with the "cinematic" details: I expected Streep to perform
well, but was amazed that Cher is beginning to emerge as an actress. If you're
NOT from Oklahoma, and you are not a rabid pro/anti-nuke, you should enjoy this
film.

	Jeff Bowles
	Lisle, IL